Stress Management Exam 1

Only ____% of lymphocytes are in circulation at any one time

2

According to Dr. Redford Williams, what percentage of Americans have levels of hostile anger that can produce serious health problems?

20%

According to research and best estimates, the average person today has approximately how many anger episodes per day?

20-25

Receiving this many emails per day is said to precipitate email stress

50

According to Manpower, about this many Americans typically don't leave their workstation during the lunch hour

50%

Journal writing, as a coping technique, is unique in that it is thought be many to be:

A means of short-term emotional catharsis and long-term insight

The "Buzan method" of journal writing is significant for its ability to:

Access both right (feelings) and left (thoughts) brain functions

During the stress response, which of the following does not directly affect an increase in blood pressure?

Acetylcholine

When released, this substance is instrumental in returning the body to homeostasis

Acetylcholine

The Yerkes-Dodson principle suggests that:

After a certain point, stress can impede one's performance/health

Research by Keicolt-Glaser reveals that stress affects all the following except:

An increase in the entrainment response

The Seville Statement proclaimed:

Anger has no instinctual basis in human behavior

This person is recognized for discovering the scientific link between emotions and neuropeptides

Candance Pert

The concept of "individuation" was coined by this person

Carl G. Jung

The rage reflex is attributed to:

Charles Darwin

The symptoms of PTSD include:

Chronic anxiety; Flashbacks; Insomnia; Restlessness

This type of stress is most commonly associated with illness and disease

Chronic stress

Originally defined, "active imagination" is:

Conscious imagination to complete dream sequences

According to cell biologist Bruce Lipton, an organ transplant patient is given this substance so his or her body won't reject the new organ

Cortisol

Current research reveals that journal writing helps in the following way(s)

Decreases one's resting blood pressure; Decreases one's cholesterol levels; Decreases one's symptoms of fibromyalgia; Decreases one's sense of grieving

Freud would not agree with which of the following statements?

Defense mechanisms are conscious volitions

"Cognitive surplus" is a term that best explains

Digital consciousness with online media

The neurotransmitter associated with chemical addictions, which is now also associated with screen addictions is:

Dopamine

Jung would not agree with which of the following statements?

Dreams are a fabrication of the unconscious mind

According to Freud, the source of stress stems from an overactive:

Ego

According to Candace Pert's stress and disease model

Emotions can either enhance or suppress the immune system through the synthesis and release of neuropeptides throughout the body

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, lupus is regarded as an:

Endogenous overreaction

According to the Borysenko stress and disease model, cancer is regarded as an:

Endogenous underreaction

This substance is released as an immediate response to stress

Epinephrine

According to the Borysenko's stress and disease model, allergies are regarded as an:

Exogenous overreaction

According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, the common cold is regarded as an:

Exogenous underreaction

True or False? "Future shock" is an unproven theory, according to futurist Alvin Toffler

False

True or False? "Individuation" is a term that represents a dominant ego

False

True or False? "Tend and befriend" is a coping style used more by cancer patients than war veterans under stress

False

True or False? According to Borysenko's stress and disease model, the physiological process that causes common colds and allergies is the same

False

True or False? Current estimates suggest that as much as 50% of all disease and illness is either precipitated or aggravated by perceived stress

False

True or False? Experts agree that stress can best be defined as the "rate of wear and tear on the body"

False

True or False? Journal writing can be thought of as a means of exclusive meditation

False

True or False? Journal writing offers a good immediate catharsis but offers little in the way of long-term resolutions

False

True or False? Jung believed that only recurring dreams were of significance to resolving stress-related issues

False

True or False? Poetry therapy is an aspect of journal writing in that these entries may eventually be shared with others, win contests, and thus help raise one's self-esteem

False

True or False? Research reveals that randomly vented anger is a healthy means of emotional catharsis

False

True or False? Sociology is best described as the study of different cultures in the same locality

False

True or False? T-cells get their name from the thyroid gland in which they are stored

False

True or False? The term "presenteeism" is a corporate business term to describe high productivity levels often motivated by one's optimal stress level

False

True or False? The threshold of 40 emails is now labeled as email stress

False

Which of the following is NOT a tip for journal writing?

Have a violent movie playing in the background while writing in your journal

The primary purpose of journal writing to help control stress is to:

Help identify and resolve the causes of stress though self-awareness

These are the three essential criteria for effective journal writing

Identify concerns, identify emotions, and seek resolutions

Which of the following characteristics is not typically experienced in the flight-or-flight response?

Increased gastric movement

In his efforts to study the benefits of journal writing, Ira Progoff discovered which of the following results?

Individuals who started journal writing while on welfare were more likely to find employment and better housing faster

What makes the proprioceptive writing method of journal writing different is that is:

Is done by synthesizing emotions and imagination

Poetry therapy is considered to be a form of:

Journal writing

Which of the following is NOT in the sequence of the flight-or-flight response?

Limbic system releases ACTH from the hypothalamus

According to comprehensive studies by the APA in 2014 & 2015, this demographic suffers from the most stress

Millennials

Which of the following defense mechanisms is not commonly associated with the psychology of everyday stress?

Narcissism

Which of the following factors, above all else, determines one's degree of stress?

One's perception or interpretation

In regard to panic attacks, which of the following statements is true?

Panic attacks occur abruptly; Panic attacks are the stress response on steroids; Panic attacks can occur at any age; Women are more prone than men to have panic attacks

"Future Shock" is best defined as:

Rapid societal change

Epinephrine is:

Released five times as often as norepinephrine

The adrenal cortex

Releases cortisol and aldosterone

The adrenal medulla:

Releases epinephrine and norepinephrine

This term is used to describe the opposite of fight of flight

Rest and Digest

"Cutting" is an example of this mismanaged anger style

Self-punishers

According to experts, the field of sociology involves the study of human behavior within all of the following except:

Societies

This mismanages style of anger is represented by suppressing one's feelings

Somatizers

In his efforts to study the benefits of journal writing, Jamie Pennebaker found which of the following results?

Students reported fewer cases of diseases and illness

According to Carl Jung, the unconscious mind is well versed in this method articulating itself

Symbolic thinking

Stressfully speaking, the anxiety from the digital divide, information overload, and cell phone proliferations can be summed up in which of the following expression?

Technostress

The term "screen addiction" was coined specifically to address:

The addiction to computer, smart phone, and tablet screens

The premise of the Lipton's stress and disease model (epigenetic theory) is:

The cell environment, including consciousness, controls DNA

Jung would agree with which of the following statements?

The conscious mind rejects that which it does not know

The term "shallow effect" is related to which of the following concepts?

The dumbing down of Americans form Internet exposure

The adrenal gland rests on top of this organ

The kidneys

The stress response initially involves this system

The limbic system

The term "individuation" refers to:

The process of self-reflection toward wholeness

True or False? According to Jung, at some level of consciousness, all minds connect at one point - the collective unconscious

True

True or False? According to anger expert Jane Middleton-Moz, the reason why people are reaching their boiling point is due to a social disconnect brought on by technology

True

True or False? Although hundreds of neuropeptides have now been discovered, Candace Pert hypothesizes that perhaps only one neuropeptide molecule exists and changes its vibration as result of an emotional processing

True

True or False? By and large, anger has been ignored in the field of psychology and stress management due to the influences of Darwin and Freud

True

True or False? During the stress response, more epinephrine is releases than norepinephrine from the neural endings

True

True or False? Freud suggested that humor might be the most advanced defense mechanism because if could increase pleasure and decrease pain at the same time

True

True or False? Freud was of the opinion that stress was an innate part of the human condition and, consequently, never fully resolvable

True

True or False? In today's rapidly paced world, the terms "change" and "stress" are often used synonymously, by experts and ordinary people alike, to mean the same thing

True

True or False? It is not the situation that one finds oneself in that is stressful, but the perception (interpretation) of the situation that determines one's level of stress

True

True or False? Panic attacks generally last 10-20 mins (though some can last longer)

True

True or False? Social media theorist Douglas Rushkoff explains that one reason why people are so stressed is that technology has stripped people of time to process scores of information through social media

True

True or False? Studies show that women are more likely to feel anger as guilt or shame, whereas men are more likely to express anger aggressively

True

True or False? The function of T-helpers (CD 4) is to increase the production of antibodies released by T-cells

True

True or False? The hormone oxytocin is credited with fostering the tend-and-befriend effect

True

True or False? The long-term effects of journal writing are most noticeable when the writer reads previous entries as an impartial, outside observer

True

True or False? The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the relaxation response

True

True or False? The release of cortisol is initiated from the HPA axis which first releases ACTH

True

True or False? The vegetative level of the brain is thought to be the most primitive of the three levels

True

True or False? To remember your dreams for a dream journal, tell/remind yourself before you fall asleep that you want to remember your dreams

True

True or False? According to some experts, the body's response to stress differs between anger and fear, only with regard to blood distribution

True2

"Superstress" is a term coined by Dr. Roberta Lee to mean:

Twenty-first century lifestyle stress

The use of sarcasm would be a mismanaged anger trait exhibited by:

Underhanders

The term psychic equilibrium means:

Unity of conscious and unconscious minds

In his stress theory, Richard Lazarus stays that "daily hassles" cause stress. Which is a cause of hassles according to Lazarus?

Unmet expectations

This nerve is associated with relaxation

Vagus nerve

The "tend-and-behind theory" proposed by Shelley Taylor, speaks best to the coping technique used by:

Women

Which of the following is not a myth about anger

Women do no get as angry as men

Which of the following can be accurately states about the gender difference of anger?

Women not only express anger differently, they have different stressors

Emotional literacy refers to the ability to read and respond to:

Your own emotions